Vocabulary Word

Sentences Containing 'countermand'

He promises the merchant Riedinger to countermand an order to burn books, but latter gives in to Pomerfeld who points out that he cannot defy Rome.

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ambulatory - able to walkcircumscribe - limit; confine; draw a line aroundanesthetic - substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesiatribunal - court of justicedecorum - propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conductespionage - spyinginsolence - impudent disrespect; haughtiness; ADJ. insolent; CF. haughty + rudecatharsis - purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of artoracular - of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oraclebuccaneer - pirate